penigan

Welsh

Etymology

From pennig (“teat”) +‎ -an.

Noun

penigan m (plural penigau)

  1. pink (flowering plant of the genus Dianthus)
    Synonyms: pinc, ceilys, ceian, clawen

Hyponyms

  • penigan barfog (“sweet William”)
  • penigan byr (“short pink”)
  • penigan cyffredin, penigan gwyllt (“common or wild pink”)
  • penigan eddïog (“fringed pink”)
  • penigan epilgar (“childing pink”)
  • penigan fforchog (“painted pink”)
  • penigan Ffrainc, penigan Ffrengig (“Jersey pink”)
  • penigan mawr (“large pink”)
  • penigan pêr, penigan rhuddgoch, penigan cigliw (“clove pink”)
  • penigan Seguier (“Seguier's pink”)
  • penigan tair gwythïen (“three-veined pink”)
  • penigan tal (“tall pink”)
  • penigan toreithiog (“proliferous pink”)
  • penigan y Carthwsiaid (“Carthusian pink”)
  • penigan y coed (“wood pink”)
  • penigan y forwyn, penigan gwyryfaidd ceilys (“maiden pink”)
  • penigan y porfeydd (“Deptford pink”)
  • penigan y Pyreneau (“Pyrenean pink”)
  • penigan y rhew (“glacier pink”)
  • penigan yr Alpau (“Alpine pink”)
  • penigan yr India (“Indian pink”)

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “penigan”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “penigan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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